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Students Receive 2010-11 School Assignments on May 14

2010-11 School Transfer Request Forms

May 6, 2010 - The official school assignments for the 2010-11 school year will be given to students on May 14 to take home.

The WCPSS Growth and Planning Department has been working to finalize the student assignment forms and deliver them to schools. Laura Evans of WCPSS Growth and Planning reviewed details with the school board in the Committee of the Whole meeting on May 4.

Evans explained that state law requires the official notification of student assignment and provides for a transfer process where parents may request a transfer within 10 days of receiving their student’s school assignment. Board Policy 6203 explains the transfer process. A written request for transfer of a student to another school may be submitted by the parent within ten days of receipt of the official school assignment on a form provided by the school system available at any school, central office, or the WCPSS website (www.wcpss.net).  If the transfer request is denied, parents have a right to appeal to the Board of Education.

Evans explained that the official transfer window is May 14 to June 1.

Staff reviews all transfer requests submitted and the supporting documentation provided by parents.  Staff considers information provided by parents, sending and receiving school capacities, and additional guidelines provided by the Board of Education to approve or deny submitted requests. 

Transfer Requests Usually Approved By Staff:

  1. Employee’s child to same school or campus where parent works (part time employee request will be considered if space is available)
  2. Employee requests transfer to the calendar option school for the base assignment that matches the calendar on which the teacher is employed (part time employee request will be considered if space is available)
  3. Request is for a school attended by a Special Program sibling
  4. Prior to June 1 back to base requests from students attending any school other than the base assignment
  5. Rising 5th, 8th, 12th grade student whose assignment has changed and wish to remain at current school
  6. Rising 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th students who have been reassigned to an existing school and request a transfer to the previously attended school; Younger siblings would also be approved if the student has an older sibling eligible for a “grandfathered” transfer. (ex. Rising KI, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade siblings of grandfathered 4th or 5th grade students; or rising 6th, 7th grade siblings of rising 8th grade students; or rising 9th grade siblings of rising 10th, 11th, or 12th grade students)
  7. Rising 8th grade students who have been reassigned to a new school and request a transfer to the previously attended school; Younger siblings would also be approved if the student has an older sibling eligible for a “grandfathered” transfer. (ex. rising 6th, 7th grade siblings of rising 8th grade students)
  8. Rising  9th  or 10th grade students who have been reassigned to a new school and have a sibling in 11th or 12th grade who will stay at the previous school
  9. Incoming sibling(s) of previously grandfathered student(s) who request a transfer to attend the same school as the grandfathered sibling as long as there is an older sibling in attendance at the same school. (ex. Rising KI, 6th, or 9th grade sibling of previously grandfathered student from earlier reassignment plan {prior to 2010})
  10. Students impacted by district assignment decisions twice within a three-year period
  11. Students requesting to attend a school based on a future assignment when space is available
  12. Pending change in parent(s) domicile (permanent residence) with a closing date within 45 days after the start of the school year

Transfer Requests Usually Denied By Staff:  (Parents may appeal if the request was submitted within 10 days of their Official Notice of Assignment.)

  1. The reason for requesting the transfer stems from disagreement with staff at the assigned school regarding grades, discipline, promotion/retention or class assignment
  2. Rising KI – 3rd, 6th, 9th students who have been reassigned to an existing school, except for extraordinary circumstances (except as noted above under grandfathering)
  3. A request for a transfer to a magnet or calendar application school if  viable applicants remain in the applicant pool
  4.  A parent change in domicile causes  a change in base assignment and a transfer is requested to the previous school for a child rising into grades K-4, 6-7, 9-11 for the upcoming school year
  5. A request for transfer that would contravene the intent of the BOE’s current multi-year assignment plan
  6. Requests for “academies” or CTE programs
  7. Previous transfer has been revoked
  8. Previous falsification of address

Evans said the WCPSS Growth and Planning Department will make every effort to place families new to Wake County, as well as those with new domiciles, into schools with calendars of their choice.

If staff denies a family’s transfer request, the family can appeal the denial. The Board of Education agreed to designate a hearing officer to hear appeals for fact-finding and to recommend a decision that will be submitted to the Board of Education for final determination.

Year-round schools will begin on July 9. Modified calendar schools will begin July 26. Traditional calendar schools will begin August 25.

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